Follow us! What is stroke? Stroke happens if the blood supply required for the brain gets interrupted or reduced hence, preventing it from getting enough oxygen and nutrients which causes the brain cells to die. Other people are at risk of stroke because of their family history or their age. However, experts say that up…
Follow us! Road accidents happen quite often in the UAE which is heightened by the foggy weather which is experienced yearly – most commonly during the winter season. This is because, as explained by Dr. Diana Francis, head of the Environmental and Geophysical Sciences (ENGEOS) Lab at Khalifa University, the fog that forms over the UAE…
Follow us! Rabies is a viral disease transmitted from mammals to humans that causes an acute encephalitis. There are two clinical manifestations of rabies: furious and paralytic. Furious rabies is the most common form of human rabies. Once symptoms of the disease develop, either form is almost always fatal. Rabies is transmitted through mucosal exposure…